Hear about the success that FedEx has had using Novell clusters for data protection and business continuance since 2002. FedEx has been a pioneer in NetWare cluster support dating back to their installation of one of the first 4-node NetWare 5.1 clusters ever built and used in a commercial, production environment.

The discussion will detail the review process they used to determine their need for clustering. Then, once they had their system up and running, how the need for a cluster-aware data protection solution became painfully apparent. How did they decide on Syncsort's Backup Express? What features were important to them and still are today?

What success have they had? Hear them detail the successes they have had running Novell clusters, how they have expanded from their initial installation, and how they used that success as the basis for a NetWare cluster installation at their World Headquarters.

Hear their plans for the future. How do they see SLES and OES? How do they fit into their plans and what testing are they doing now to help in their planning?

Type: Business Case Study
Mon 3/21 11:00 AMTue 3/22 8:30 AM

Chris Stewart

FedEx

Winston Hait

Syncsort

Trey Ray

FedEx

HotLab 01

Getting Started with OES

You've been hearing about it, now it's time to get your hands on it. In this two hour lab, you will use the Digital Airlines environment to learn about OES. We'll provide you with a brief introduction to Linux and move quickly into the utilization of various features - iManager, eDir, RPM (installation), AMP and MySQL. The lab will finish with the creation of a simple web page served-up on Apache.

Once you've attended Course 1 or have dabbled with OES in your lab at home, you will be ready to explore some of the more advanced features of OES. Some of these features that you will work with include Files Services -- NSS, Clustering, iSCSI, Tuning, CiMON, CIFS, NFS, and NCP. Upon completion of this lab, you will have the confidence to unleash the full power of OES on you environment.

The Novell Client for Linux extends the capabilities of Linux desktops with native access to NetWare and OES. It enables Linux workstations to login to the network and execute existing network login scripts. The Novell Client for Linux will support traditional Novell protocols (NDAP, NCP, and RSA) and other open protocols (LDAP, CIFS, and NFS). Attendees will learn more about these and other advanced features of the Novell Client for Linux and see a live demonstration.

Monitoring Server Health Throughout Your Network Using Open Enterprise Server

Open Enterprise Server implemented the OpenWBEM specification based on the Common Information Model (CIM) in building a powerful new server monitoring utility. This monitoring and management interface allows administrators and help desk personnel to monitor the performance of their network servers in real-time. With the click of the mouse you can see instant data points showing CPU utilization, network through-put, memory configuration both virtual and physical, along with processes running and the memory being allocated to each. The bubble up page will provide a quick view of the server status up or down, and for OES enabled servers, a quick status for health, based on each major category, providing a status of good, warning, or down.

Is Open Enterprise Server (OES) a possibility in your company's future? This session will dive into some of the "nuts and bolts" on how to get Open Enterprise Server up and running with a heavy focus on the Linux side of things. Get the low down on things like eDirectory install and Time Sync, installing NSS and generally getting to grips with OES.

With Open Enterprise Server you now have a choice. The same iPrint features that are available on NetWare including simple printer installation and customized viewing of printers are available on OES. The best browser-based end user printing experience is now running on Linux and Mac OSX. Learn of the new features offered in the latest version of iPrint including easy migration from legacy QMS and NDPS to iPrint.

Integrating a Linux server into your NetWare network just got a lot easier. With OES, your Linux server can support traditional NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) clients. This allows a Linux server to become part of an existing NetWare network and support the NCP client workstations. This session will discuss the details of supporting NCP clients with OES, compatibility with NetWare NCP servers, access control, configuration, mapping NetWare volumes onto Linux filesystems, and related issues.

With support of Windows NT having already reached it's end-of-life, many organizations are still struggling with how to handle their legacy Windows environments. This session will provide in-depth information on how to migrate an enterprise Windows environment to Open Enterprise Server (OES) and Samba. This information is based on Novell Consulting's experience in assisting a Fortune 100 customer in their enterprise-wide migration from Windows NT to OES and Samba. Specific details of planning, performing, and validating the migration process will be demonstrated.

This technical session will focus on installation of OES Linux using the existing Novell/SUSE tools. Discussion will cover creating a PXE server and the building of a selection menu for installing OES Linux to an HP ProLiant blade server. The building of auto-install and menu scripts for deploying a blade server will also be covered. The final portion of the discussion will cover using tools like vnc, ssh, and HP's integrated lights-out (iLO) to install application server software to build a portal server, and management of the servers and applications using HP's Systems Insight Manager and Novell's ZENworks.

Type: Technical Tutorial
Tue 3/22 10:00 AMWed 3/23 11:00 AM

Kirk Manzer

Senior Systems Engineer,

Hewlett-Packard

James Vance

Senior Systems Engineer,

Hewlett-Packard

TUT 306

Clustering NetWare and Linux Servers in Open Enterprise Server

This session will give participants a detailed overview of Novell Cluster Services 1.8. With support for both NetWare and Linux, even in the same (mixed) cluster, you will learn about high availability clusters by reviewing NCS for NetWare and comparing with Linux. Options for rolling cluster conversion will be presented, and you will learn how to install a cluster using OES' installation and configuration tools. Using a live NCS cluster node, you will be shown how to use the NCS management tools, command line interface and various other tools included with NCS Linux. Tips, tricks, and trouble shooting steps will be demonstrated too.

This session discusses the procedures for migrating from NetWare 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x to Open Enterprise Server on either NetWare or Linux, using the tools and utilities provided by Novell. It demonstrates the use of the Novell Deployment Manager to prepare the network and directory tree, the NetWare Migration Wizard to perform server hardware upgrades, and the Server Consolidation Utility to move data and print services from NetWare to OES Linux. It also covers scripted local and remote upgrades using the Deployment Manager's Response File Generator.

This session will cover the architecture for Open Enterprise Server. The session will describe the relationships between the lower layer, core
operating systems; the middle layer, common platform elements; and the upper layer, enterprise services. The overview will cover details about how the services are designed and how they interact with each other and with the OS. This session will be useful for systems integrators that need to deploy and manage OES in heterogenous environment with 3rd party and custom applications and existing IT infrastructures.